Posted on 04/14/2018 2:13:23 PM PDT by Rummyfan
What is the first thing you think of when you think of an alien movie? Does Sigourney Weaver's bald head pop into your mind as you picture her battling extraterrestrials in Alien 3? Or do you think of something unconventional, like Cloverfield or District 9? The alien genre is one that has certainly evolved over the years as special effects and computer-generated images have improved far beyond anyone's wildest dreams. But the fact of the matter is that for an alien movie to be good (actually, for any movie to be good), it has to tell a really good story, have character development, and be entertaining. Even the most beautiful film can be terrible if you just don't care about the people (or aliens) that you're watching.
Here are my picks for the best alien movies—for various reasons—dating back to 1982. I don't believe that older necessarily means better, but I also don't believe that higher budget means better either. See what you think.
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I always liked Event Horizon.
I loved “Target Earth.” It terrified me when I was about seven or eight years old, but - by today’s special-effects standards - the robot was laughable.
How about “Fiend Without A Face”? Great Friday night flick when you have absolutely nothing to do and feel like getting mindlessly drunk!
Boy, back then they sure knew how to make ‘em!
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-PJ
Yes he was — you have a good memory.
I've episodes 9 and 10 to go.
That's what I hate about bingeing. The darn thing only came out Friday and I will be finished tomorrow.
And then a l-o-o-o-n-g wait for season 5.
You mean.. no Scaceballs!? :o
;^)
Seriously?! The Liberal PC crap is STRONG in this one :/
I think feminazis would love it though :p
not to mention the DNA mismatching for one of the ‘kids’.
***Spaceballs***
The Day the Earth Stood Still. Forbidden Planet.
Yep and yep.
I grew up reading the original comic book, Space Family Robinson, by Gold Key Comics.
It was good. The enormous roving space station with small shuttle-craft foreshadowed the Enterprise battle-cruiser with its shuttle-craft.
I was excited to watch Lost In Space by Irwin Allen, but only really liked the first two episodes (although I enjoyed “The Robotoid” episode with Robby the Robot of Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy).
Good movie. No actual aliens, though, right?
Yes. I had forgotten that. Good note.
The War of the Worlds (1953). I realize the remake was more true to the book in some aspects, but the first version was amazing, and cemented the genre. It still satnds up, as far as I am concerned.
The special effects, visual and audio, are exceptional. They got the machines about right, and the sound effects were the sort that got recycled by techies in Hollywood: I think the Meson (not Heat) ray effect was the one used in Star Trek for photon torpedoes.
I saw a special on FX in the 1960s, where the Hollywood experts talked about all their favorite sound effects, especially gunshots, and how they got reused in film after film.
I found Independence Day enjoyable but somewhat disappointing. I wish they had gone for a more straight dramatic effect, like War of the Worlds.
The ending, where everyone was unambiguously jovial, after the major cities have been destroyed, played very false to me.
It had many good concepts in it though, and I rewatch it from time to time.
Starship Troopers! Yes!
“Here’s a tip: Aim for the brain-stem.”
The book is semi-hated by the Left as being pro-fascism. They overreact, as usual.
My favorite lines:
General: “Is that possible?”
Scientist: “If they do it, it is.”
There speaks an actual scientist.
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